BlockBigneck, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Keene Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62349. The Survey maps it on the Loraine quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1948 USGS Camp Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Loraine quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Loraine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bigneck between 2014 and 2015, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015016 |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014019 |
| 24 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bigneck: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weitholder Lorraine Plt.#10 Qry. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bigneck in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bigneck | $5,000 | The county sheriff reported numerous large trees down. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Bigneck | - | A brief tornado touched down east of County Road 2150 just north of Highway 61 in Adams County. The tornado tracked parallel to Highway 61 where it caused significant damage to several small farm outbuildings and to one home. As it moved east, it damaged mostly trees. The tornado dissipated just after crossing Bigneck Creek. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Bigneck | - | Slow moving thunderstorms dumped up to 4 inches of rain over portions of Adams county. Law enforcement reported that Illinois Route 61 east of Illinois Route 336 had water flowing over it. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bigneck | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loraine | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Woodville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chatton | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Coatsburg | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Golden | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mendon | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| La Prairie | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Point | 8.2 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bigneck | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4086434 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422221. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.